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The Michigan football coach and his staff will be part of a three-hour satellite camp at Pearl High on June 8.

“Jim Harbaugh is on the forefront in college athletics with what he is doing,” Pearl coach John Perry said. “We are excited to have him here. It should be a really cool deal. Anytime you get a chance to be at a football camp with Jim Harbaugh and his coaches, you have to be excited. That’s why they had 500 people show up at Prattville.”

Perry was referring to Prattville High, in Alabama, where Harbaugh hosted a satellite camp last summer. Harbaugh has drawn criticism the past couple of seasons, especially from coaches in the Southeastern Conference, for finding a loophole in the NCAA's rules. Harbaugh cannot host a camp outside Michigan, but is allowed to be a guest anywhere else. Technically, Pearl is hosting the camp and Harbaugh is a guest instructor. Simply put, the idea of satellite camps allows coaches like Harbaugh to work with players from different regions.

Harbaugh has participated in these camps in several different states. While some, like Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen, argued last year that the camps are improperly used for recruiting, Harbaugh didn't seem to think differently.

Some of the top prospects in the state of Mississippi have already told The Clarion-Ledger that they would attend the camp. Willie Gay, a four-star 2017 Starkville linebacker, who holds an offer from the Wolverines, and four-star Columbus running back Kylin Hill both said they would attend. Clinton star Cam Akers, the top-rated player in the state of Mississippi, said he might go to the camp to meet Harbaugh.

The camp is from 9 a.m. to noon and it is open to all high school football players from grades 9-12. Preregistration costs $25 and it's $40 after the deadline.

“He is one of the hottest names out there, and it is a good opportunity for kids to work out in front of one of the premiere coaching staffs in America,” Perry said. "This is open to anyone in the southeast and really anyone interested in playing in college. You'd have to drive to Michigan to get into a football camp to show what you got in front of coach Harbaugh and now you can do it in Pearl, Mississippi."